# Incident 19820204001879I: Mooney M20C, Des Moines, IA, February 4, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1982, 20:33 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6411U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6411U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820204001879I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AFTER LANDING, PILOT CROSSED PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND HIT PLOWED SNOWBANK ON EDGE OF TAXIWAY. WINDSHIELD FROSTED OVER.

## Other reports on N6411U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950616026609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950616026609I), Jun 16, 1995: Mooney M20C (N6411U), Muncie, IN, Minor damage. Pilot admitted he forgot to extend landing gear for landing. Distracted by inop landing light. Horn also inop.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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